April Smith, SHRM-CP, SPHR
Johnstown,CO
Summary
Responsive Human Resources Business Partner with well-rounded experience in hiring and staffing, salary placement, benefits, FMLA, leave of absence program and HRIS management. Qualified self-starter with an organized approach to achieve day-to-day department operations and special projects. Always pursuing ways to maximize efficiency, employee satisfaction and cost savings.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Human Resources Business Partner
City of Evans
08.2019 - Current
- Oversee complete recruitment cycle from review of job description to onboarding of new employees
- Make job offers and negotiate job offers when necessary
- Respond to employee relations issues and concerns
- Maintain all employee files and took leading role in transferring paper files to digital format in ADP
- Responsible for adding and removing employees from benefits and reconciling all benefit invoices
- First point of contact for employee questions related to benefits
- First point of contact for all FMLA requests and leave of absence program
- Manage New Employee Orientation and Benefits Orientation programs
- Assist with Wellness Program
- Managed full cycle of recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new employees
- Collaborated closely with internal teams to develop and implement successful human resources systems and processes
- Facilitated effective communication between management and staff, fostering a positive work environment
- Conducted exit interviews with employees leaving city to gauge areas of success and opportunities for improvement
- Spearhead talent acquisition efforts for organizational success and strategic growth
- Developed comprehensive process for new hires and reviewed new hire productivity, optimizing onboarding effectiveness
Sales Programs Coordinator (Account Management/Accounts Payable)
JBS/Pilgrims
01.2017 - 08.2019
- Managed over 100 accounts for schools and retail customers
- Maintain agreement balances and conditions and track expenditures/transactions
- Ensure that payments and deductions are applied correctly to appropriate agreement
- Cultivate strong relationships with internal and external customers
- Process invoices (coding, obtaining proper approvals, cutting checks).
Accounting Specialist
Transpro Burgener Trucking
09.2015 - 01.2017
- Participate in the preparation and maintenance of driver payroll and accounts receivable documents, as well as the control and account verification processes of the company’s accounting systems
- Prepare and process job costing source data for computer entry by compiling, batching and sorting information; establish entry priorities
- Examine and verify that entries, postings and totals are accurate and supporting documents are included in records
- Trouble shoot data problems by reviewing, correcting, deleting, or reentering data.
Human Resources, Accounts Payable, Senior Administrative Assistant, Accounts Payable
Town of Firestone
06.2007 - 07.2014
- Human Resource Employment Responsibilities (75%)
- Designed, implemented, and managed employee records and files
- Conducted background checks
- Prepared materials and facilitated new employee orientations
- Assisted with employment recruiting including job descriptions, ad writing, website postings, and applicant tracking
- Researched, assessed, updated, developed, and streamlined departmental administrative processes
- Liaison between benefit brokers and employees for all health, dental, vision, LTD/STD inquiries
- Administrator for COBRA and Workers’ compensation claims
- Managed all wellness related activities for employees.
- Accounts Payable Employment Responsibilities (20%)
- Managed all accounts payable functions for the organization
- Processed invoices (coding, obtaining proper approvals, cutting checks)
- Primary contact for all vendor inquiries.
- Administrative Employment Responsibilities (5%)
- Ensured that we met all deadlines for the risk management team
- Administrative assistant to Town Manager.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership
Colorado State University
Pueblo, CO05.2013
Skills
- Recruitment and hiring
- New hire paperwork/orientation
- Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
- Excellent communication skills
- Detail oriented with desire to learn
- Excellent customer service skills
- Talent management
- Benefits Administration
- Salary placement
- Background Checks
- Exit Interviews
- Onboarding Programs
- Human Resource Information System HRIS
- Worker's Compensation
Certification
- SHRM-CP
- SPHR
References
Upon Request
Timeline
Human Resources Business Partner
City of Evans
08.2019 - Current
Sales Programs Coordinator (Account Management/Accounts Payable)
JBS/Pilgrims
01.2017 - 08.2019
Accounting Specialist
Transpro Burgener Trucking
09.2015 - 01.2017
Human Resources, Accounts Payable, Senior Administrative Assistant, Accounts Payable
Town of Firestone
06.2007 - 07.2014
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Leadership
Colorado State University
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